Best Jeremiah Johnson Quotes

This doesn’t have anything to do with anything, except insofar as Jeremiah Johnson quotes have to do with everything, now don’t they. And Rand keeps quoting Jeremiah Johnson at me all the time, which is pretty damn cocky of him for a starvin’ pilgrim. And then besides that, since I finally took the time to take these down, I need to put them somewhere where I’ll remember them. And who knows. Somebody else might enjoy them. Besides, it weren’t no trouble.

By the way, I’ve seen Jeremiah Johnson more than any other movie. If you haven’t seen it, you need to, especially if you like the outdoors. And if you’ve seen the movie a few times, you’ll know that these first two paragraphs include two references to the movie already.

Enjoy! And watch yer topknot.

“His name was Jeremiah Johnson. They say he wanted to be a mountain man. The story goes that he was a man of proper wit and adventurous spirit suited to the mountains. Nobody knows where abouts he come from and it don’t seem to matter much. He was a young man and ghosty stories about the tall hills didn’t scare him none. He was lookin for a Hawkin gun, 50 caliber or better. He settled for a 30, but damn, it was a genuine Hawkin. You couldn’t go no better. Bought him a good horse, traps and other truck that went with being a mountain man and said goodbye to whatever life was down there below. This here’s his story.”

“I, Hatchet Jack, bein’ of sound mind and broke legs do hereby leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it. Lord hope it be a white man. It is a good rifle and kilt the bear that kilt me. Anyway, I am dead. Yours truly, Hatchet Jack.”

“I know who you are! You’re the same dumb pilgrim I’ve been hearing for 20 days and smelling for three.”

“You sure are cocky for a starvin’ pilgrim.”

“If I head due west tomorrow, will I find good places to trap?”

“If you head due west or any other place tomorrow, you’ll be a starvin’ pilgrim in a week. You ain’t likely to meet up with someone of my good nature. The mountain’s got it’s own ways.”

“I swear, a woman’s breast is the hardest rock the Almighty ever made on this earth and I can find no sign on it.”

“Didn’t put enough dirt down. Saw it right off.”

“Elk don’t know how many feet a horse have!”

“Watch your topknot.”
“Yup. Watch your’n.”

“That Hatchet Jack was a wild one. [Lived with a she mountain lion in a cave up in the Musselshell.] She never did get used to him.”

“Do you speak any English? I don’t speak any Flathead you know. So don’t bother me. Neither of you.”

“Leave it be. Nothin’ wrong with quiet.”

“Ain’t that a lot easier than sayin’ all that gibberish.”

“It’s been a long time since I had so much of the English language spoke at me. I ain’t used to it.”

“She weren’t no trouble.”

“Maybe you best go down to a town. Get out of these mountains.”

“I’ve been to a town, Del.”

“Ain’t this something? I told my pap and mam I was coming to the mountains to trap and be a mountain man. Acted like they was gut-shot. Says: ‘Son, make your life. Go here. Here’s where the peoples is. Them mountains is is for animals and savages.’ I says ‘Mother Gue, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world.’ And by God I was right.”

“Yes, you were.”

“I ain’t never seen ’em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills and the Alps is for children to climb. Keep good care of your hair. These here is God’s finest sculpturins and there ain’t no laws for the brave ones. And there ain’t no asylums for the crazy ones. And there ain’t no churches excepting for this right here. And there ain’t no priests excepting the birds. By God I are a mountain man and I’ll live until an arrow or a bullet finds me and then I’ll leave my bones right here on this great map of the magnificent…[rides into silence]”

“What’s on the spit?”

“Grown particular?”

“Not about feeding. Just the company I keep.”

“You’ve come far, pilgrim.”

“Feels like far.”

“T’were it worth the trouble?”

“Ha? What trouble.”

“You cook good rabbit pilgrim. Cold up here.”

“What brings you up so high?”

“Griz.”

“Ha. Griz.”

“Avalanche took the cabin. Lost my mule. We swum out of it. But no matter. Weren’t no griz left anyway.”

“Would you happen to know what month of the year it is?”

“No, I… I truly wouldn’t. I’m sorry pilgrim.”

“March. Maybe April.”

“March maybe. I don’t believe April. Winter’s a long time going, huh?”

“Ha… yuh.”

“Stays long this high. March is a green, muddy month down below. Some folks like it. Farmers mostly. You’ve done well to keep so much hair when so many’s after it. I hope you will fare well.”

Jeremiah Johnson left such an impression on me, it has been a part of my personal constitution ever since. And I only watched it once. The second time I watched it was with my eleven year old boys, last year. I was as excited as an eleven year old boy just to be able to share it with them, thru the advanced technology of NetFlix. It was obvious they took it to the core of their being as well. I hope to instill in them the need to preserve the church of the great outdoors, to paraphrase Del Que. And I hope to watch this movie this weekend, thanks to this blog.

And just for clarity, regarding, “Ain’t never seen em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is but foothills, and the Alps is for children to climb”, I believe what got left out was, “The Colorado Rockies is the Marrow of the World”.

As a young romantic, Casablanca was my favorite flick. It still rates as a top all timer, but for me, it waxes and wanes between It’s A Wonderful Life and Jeremiah Johnson, and for many a year, now, it is JJ, all the way.

One is, “No man is poor who has friends”, at the end, and JJ is, “I’ve been to a town, Del”.

This movie is beyond words. There are great stretches WITHOUT words, and the scenery, the spirit of it, are just phenomenal. This movie is a part of my constitution, as well, friend. The first time I camped out in Yellowstone, I had to pitch a quick tent before nightfall in a site not for camping, owing to running low on fuel, not wanting to risk exiting the park into Silver City, I believe, Montana. Wamped up some beans and franks, headed to the Lamar River to wash the pot out–stopped, realizing I was in bear country (Griz), and went to bed. I woke early, went to do the washing, and heard grunting, and across the river were (counted in bunches) about 120 Buff, rolling about and mounting one another and such.

I swear, a tear nearly fell and rolled down my cheek, as I thought, same as Jeremiah did when Swan took off her dress, “Lord”. Give me a good horse and a Hawkin gun, and a good Native woman and the ability to build a damn cabin, and I could stay here forever.

I’ve been hiking the AT the last couple of days and one Quote from the movie has been stuck in my head, but I don’t know if I got it right. Bear Claw says to Jeremiah: “Many a man have ventured high up the mountain looking to git something from the mountain that it can’t give.” Like I said this thought or quote has been stuck in my head but I doubt I have it right.

I’ve loved this film since my first viewing (saw a ton of great movies as a kid at the drive in, with my young folks, in the late sixties and seventies), but for my money, I need to watch this alone. I asked for it on DVD from my gal’s daughter’s one not too long ago Christmas, and though I was itching to watch it, I just felt it would be a blasphemy and a tragedy all in one, with ANYONE to talk over any part of it, or the phone to ring, or any kind of disturbance whatsoever.

There are stretches utterly lacking in dialogue, where the landscape inspires, or the stark solitude deserves full, rapt attention. I am not a patient man, per se, but I was patient enough to make sure the house was empty, before I enjoyed my gift.

There ya go! And it took me a second, but yeah, that Jackson Browne song would have been a major high school anthem for both of us. I can still sing it. To the extent that I can sing anything at all, that is.

My best Buddy, Roy, and I frequently refer to lines in the movie, JJ. We were both born in ’55 and Its defined our lives and without saying so, we wouldn’t marry a woman who didn’t completely understand both the meaning and importance of this film. I just recently returned from a trip to Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and Glacier… Felt the presence of Jeremiah throughout. While in Red Lodge, I visited “Liver Eatin Johnson’s” cabin. This story is based on the truth, with a bit of mountain lore thrown in for our enjoyment.
Watch your topknot…
Watch yourn

Yep. Watch yourn. I am so amazed at how much response this post has gotten and to find how many of us there are out there! All the responses here from strangers are one of those things that makes me love the internet. How ironic that it is Jeremiah Johnson that would connect us. I don’t think Jeremiah would have a Facebook account!

This my late husband and my favorite movie. We knew the script by heart, and very often we got to use it in daily living for humor and awe. I still watch it regularly. Not just for guys-we outdoor gals love it too!

Seriously! I forgot that one? The most famous, emblematic and oft-repeated quote from the whole damn movie! Thanks for the heads up Pat. I’ll have to get the exact quote and put it in its proper place above!
Watch yer topknot

I’m 53 and seen the movie too many times to count. And watch it any time I see it on. Lots of favorite quotes. Woman, I am your friend. We have graves to dig. When I’m hunting and the silence in the woods is defeaning(sp) I find myself thinking about JJ.

Me neither. I’m not sure where those icons come from actually… I thought I had anything like that turned off and just noticed they have numbers on them. I’m appalled though. How could a Jeremiah Johnson quotes page only get two shares on Facebook. More proof that I’ve made a good decision by opting out!

Great site here as I’ve wanted to find Del Gue’s lines but never have till now. He and Will Geer certainly helped the movie be a classic. I never tire of watching this movie. Both Pollack and Redford deserve huge kudos for this movie. I think it’s Redford’s best work.

I love Del’s lines, but especially the ones about the Rockies being the marrow of the earth. As a climber who has spent a lot of time in the Alps and the Rockies, I get a kick out of his comment that the “Alps is for children to climb.”

I have to say that I’ve never heard of Nevada Smith, but I’ll have to put it on the list. Personally, I would put Unforgiven on the list of greatest westerns. And High Noon too.

Favorite movie of all time . Redford at his best . Try to get young people to watch it all the time . Love to see other people fell the same about movie . Keep your nose in the wind and your Eye along the skyline. 53 young!

Music is good as well scenarios are good think about this’s movie quite a bit so fortunate to be able to own a copy. Won’t make a difference hiding in the corn crib, some say your dead, others say your still out their. I personally think the best is the last without saying anything when paints himself red and Jeremiah extend hands and that look on Jeremiah ‘s face now that’s priceless. Mountain men what a breed apart from, any other. Native Americans are special people, we could all learn something from them. Enjoy the honeymoon Jeremiah

Take me three days to reach it. You’ll be there in… Hell, he’s there already.

And, for the record, I can’t watch the Jeffersons because I hate Bentley so much because of this movie. Religious asswipe! It deeply saddens me to think of how absolutely terrified Caleb must’ve been when he is killed. I’m tearing up right now just thinking about it.

I saw it in the Theater when it came out. Have watched it ever since especially with some Army buddies who were like minded. I had the soundtrack on LP and of course it got lost over the years. I paid almost $80.00 for the CD of the soundtrack a few years ago. Oh…The Revenant was a remake of “A Man in the Wilderness”, with Richard Harris (A Man called Horse, from that period as well). Jeremiah Johnson has not been remade…nor should it be. “Keep your nose in the wind, and your eyes on the skyline”.

Ah… this one slipped through without my seeing. I also saw it in the theater when it came out. I was in fifth grade I believe and it defined the future directions of our lives for my friend Geoff (Marines, not Army, BTW) and me. Sadly, though Jeremiah Johnson has not been remade, I recently learned it has been subjected to a sequel about Jeremiah’s sons going to Alaska, which is reputedly a pretty awful movie. I made the mistake of watching the Lord of the Rings movies and the Harry Potter movies. I won’t be watching the JJ prequel.

My favorite movie of all time. Two things I’d add. I think the sparse dialogue is part of what makes the movie great. As for quotes, all mentioned are worthy, though my favorite is when JJ asked Bearclaw about having a woman, to which he replies, “you mean a full time night woman”?

A lifetime ago I left home for college.
It was a small town and I settled in with a group of locals, 10 years my senior. They rode Harleys and drove WWII surplus Jeeps, and owned their own construction and repair businesses. Several times each year they took off for the Rockies with rifles and bowie knives, and came back with meat for the freezer (yep, they took the “tenderfoot” along with them). One flew a clunky single engine Cessna in and out of his pasture. His brother owned a small fly-by-night bronze foundry for western art, and that’s where I took a job to pay for schooling. I was a figurative sculptor.
I’d seen Redford as Jeremiah Johnson and thought to do a sculpture of a mountain man to sell in the galleries. Over a bottle of whiskey one night I mentioned it to my boss, and he quietly slid a book across the table to me and said “read that first”. It was Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson, by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker. I read the book, and I did the sculpture – barechested, buckskin breeks, bowie knife in a large fist. My boss and I cast several editions, and he proudly kept one on the mantel over his fireplace, alongside a kerosene lamp and an antique lever action Winchester.

In this fenced-in, newfangled world of opinionated truth and politically gelded academics, many have disparaged Thorp and Bunker’s book. I’m an old man now with a doctoral degree and years of historical scholarship published in multiple languages, and as I look at their book again I see solid research grounded in primary source accounts. It don’t get no better than that.
The poodle behind the house window always yaps at the coyote prowling past.

Jeremiah Johnson is a magnificently poetic work of art film about a magnificently fierce mountain man called liver-eatin’ Johnson.

Back in the mid 80s, I had moved to Utah and was there a couple of years. I ended up frequently snow skiing where much of the movie was filmed. At what would later become Robert Redford’s Sundance Ski Resort. Which is also a great place for hiking and climbing. One of the most beautiful places I have ever been. But when I was there the only real reason to “watch your top knot” would be weather related, such as avalanche. I need to go back there soon! Thanks for all the quotes!
Bill

Myself and my two older brothers were treated to this movie in the theatre by my Dad. I’ll never forget the experience of seeing JJ on the big screen. I have a DVD of the movie that has seen multiple plays! My favorite: Del Gue’s parting shot………Love this! HERE’S A MAN for ya! I’m half horse, half gator, tougher’n a earthquake. I’ve got the prettiest gal, the fastest horse, and the ugliest dog this side of hell. I can out jump, out run, throw down, drag out and whip any man in old Kaintuck.

Sorry it took so long to notice this… I’ve moved 15 tons of gravel in the last few days for a house project (9 tons to go! 18 yards total). Anyway, another quote that I didn’t think of. While moving said gravel with a 24-year-old from up the street, I was telling him about JJ. I’ll have to watch it with him and grab a few more choice quotes.

Thanks for creating this page Tom, the great comments from those above , brought a tear to my eye.
What a brilliant film, I can’t imagine anyone else in the roles of JJ or that of Bearclaw.
Many of the lines are regularly used by my family, we live in Hertfordshire, England.
Favourite lines, The same dumb pilgrim that I’ve been hearing for 20 days & smelling for 3
And , What a full time night woman?
Let’s hope they never try and remake this classic

This is sooo cool. I’ve adored this movie since it was released. My life is filled with quotes from the movie. I repeat them relentlessly mostly to the deaf ears of the pilgrims in our society. Just last year, I mandated a family viewing. Well, mandate may be a little coarse. Requested is closer to what actually happened. My adopted daughter of 8 (sorry, maybe a little young for some folks) loves it. Talks about it constantly, and might just become a “mountain man”. I am in the process of starting a blog and website and I end my blog with “keep your eyes along the skyline and your nose to the wind….”.
Throughout my years, and my persistent muttering of quotes from the movie, every once in a while I will cross paths with a stranger upon hearing a quote will raise an excited finger and point at me. Jeremiah Johnson! To which we will spend a few minutes discussing our favorite parts of the story. So much fun to read the stories of all these guys and gals who enjoy this movie.
Couple of little things. “Grown particular” is correct, as you said. Jeremiah is cooking rabbit and Chris Lapp approaches inquiring about the food. To which Jeremiah asks him if he’s become picky in his choice of free food.
And, Del Gue says….they’ll split you, me and Caleb from crotch to eyeball with a DULL deer antler….
But, enough with the trite and on with my favorites.
I am Bear Claw Chris Lapp. Blood kin to the grizzly that bit Jim Bridger’s ass. ….. I know who you are, the same dumb pilgrim I’ve been listening to for 20 days and smellin for three. …. Your molestin my hunt . I had one in that thicket back there, ready to shake hands, til you came along.
…You two know each other!? …. He says you fish poorly.
I should stop now. Its one of my favorite movies and will be a classic forever. I just hope that if they do remake the film they get a part in the beginning right. Its one of my pet peeves, sorry. But if you head due west to the Rocky Mountains where the sun sets, and turn left you go to New Mexico, not Montana.
Anyway, thanks for doing what you’ve done to bring back fond memories, as the movie rolls in the background.

Hi Jim. Thanks for the comment. I believe it’s correct as it stands. That’s how I hear it. That’s the way the screenplay has it written. And of course, “has” is grammatically correct as well (horses have four feet, but a horse has four feet). I’m overdue for another watch though. Haven’t watched it yet in 2018! So I’ll keep an ear open next time through. Watch yer topknot

I beg to differ sir, sounds like have to me. I know it’s not grammatically correct, but what mountain man is concerned with grammar. “Cheyenne she were”, should be “Cheyenne she was”. Anyway, i have a question for you. When JJ gets back to discover Swan and Caleb slain. We see an arrow with what looks like Paints his shirt red’s mark on it. Do you think this is intentional and we are to believe that Paints his shirt red was the murderer of Johnson’s family? And if so, how could JJ make peace with him at the end? It bothers me.

Well give me a few weeks. I’m not home now. I’ll dig out the dvd when I get back. Because of course the screenplay is the screenplay, not necessarily what the actor actually said. As for the other, not sure there either. I never thought Paints was there personally, so the question would be did he send a war party with his token/calling card? Maybe so

I’ll have to agree with Jim on this one..It sounds like Bear Claw says “have” although subtitles print “has”.
My thoughts about Paints His Shirt Red. Legend has it that the Crow sent 18 or 19 braves to “settle” their dispute. As Del Gue comments around the fire. … Lucky they were Crow, Apache would have sent 50 at once.
This dispute took nearly 18 years to hash out. Maybe this is in “Crow Killer” also. Not sure, my memory is a little worse than bad.
Two thoughts to ponder. If Paints His Shirt Red was in the war party that took Swan and Caleb, he would have been finished off by Jeremiah. But only one brave made it out. Not Paints.
The other. Imagine 18 years of sleeping with one eye open. Personally, I would welcome the truce.
….There’s no laws for the brave ones, and no asylums for the crazy ones…..

I was stopping the film and using the subtitles to help, so that’s probably why I got that wrong. To be honest, i never thought anyone would read this post. I just wanted a list for me and my friend Rand. I can’t say how gratifying it is to found out how many JJ fans there are out there and how much that movie has influenced so many of us

I feel a little ashamed lurking around your website, although it gives me fond memories of my life and the paths of people who I have crossed, who like me and your other readers are so endeared to this story. If I may, there are so many who would never and will never read this on a computer…Waaagh!
One of those very people, who I met was a third generation rancher from eastern Colorado. His favorite and persistently quoted line from the movie was one of yours.. …..”Some folks like it, Farmers mostly!” Always announced in a western mountain man type drawl with a tinge of disdain, since he despised Farmers. Even though, he happily worked side by side with many “farmers” on a daily basis. One thing he held true and always will, is he never broke ground, because he was a rancher, not a lowly farmer.
The way we met was riding pen back at a sale barn in Colorado. I was muttering quotes, when chances arose. It was wet and sloppy in the spring. Cows were slipping, sliding and falling. Horses were having trouble. Cowboys were pissy. Mud and green stuff was flying everywhere. It was Spring down below. March maybe, I don’t believe April…. I looked over at him and said something profound like “this sucks”. He scowled sternly, with a sun weathered smirk and without losing pace, announced loudly “Some folks like it, farmers mostly!” To which I guffawed, pointed and said “Jeremiah Johnson”! This started a tumultuous relationship with one of the many grizzled mountain men that has so permanently carved out who I am today. Oh yeah, he called me Pilgrim from that day forward.
Thanks again Tom Lambert!
P.S. Your fine efforts have generated a quote or two right here that I feel are worthy of repeating. “The poodle behind the house window always yaps at the coyote prowling past”. Mr Mcrae.. Thank you for such a fine story and please allow me to regurgitate your witty prose from time to time.

The arrow in the doorway at the cabin after Swan and Caleb are killed appears to have the same markings as the arrow we see when Johnson first meets Paints His Shirt Red with Bearclaw (I haven’t tried to compare). I’ve never thought Paints His Shirt Red was there, but rather that he wanted to make sure Johnson knew where the attack came from, so had one of his braves leave his “calling card” as it has been called.

As to why Johnson goes after the raiding party, but doesn’t go after Paints His Shirt Red, I think he feels completely justified in killing the raiding party, as a direct result of their actions, and settled his score with them (all but one anyway). At the same time, he was an honorable man, well aware that he had disrespected Crow sacred ground, and knew full well that there may be consequences which he would have to accept. As the Crow warriors came one at a time, he killed in self-defense, wasn’t portrayed as an aggressor, and I don’t believe he would have felt justified in seeking out Paints His Shirt Red to kill him. As for the idea of Johnson “making peace” with Paints His Shirt Red, why not? Paints His Shirt Red seeks out Johnson, and makes the first gesture. I like to think that Paints His Shirt Red is simply and respectfully saying ‘this has gone on long enough’, to which Johnson, with his outstretched arm seemingly reaching out to Paints His Shirt Red, wholeheartedly agrees with.

Great to read all the quotes as I am again watching the movie.
One thing about movie that always puzzled me was how he came down stream on the Indian barge to get off and pick up goods necessary for a mountain man. Not sure where you can come down stream and see the Rocky Mountains if you haven’t been there yet. St. Louis would’ve been a likely dropping off point but there’s no mountains there.

No matter, The Revenant took place in South Dakota and there are no Rocky Mountains here either.

Gee i don’t know. A murdered family plus 18 years of crows making random attempts on his life, all for him and a group of soldiers respectfully walking through their burial grounds, might make Johnson harbor a bit of a grudge towards Paints. I say Paints got off easy.

Well, as I said, regardless of how respectful they were, Johnson knew it was a bad idea to go through the burial grounds, and that it would likely be trouble for him. He made the choice, or rather was pressured into it, again, because he was an honorable man in my estimation.

Regarding going after Paints, as the chief or leader of the Crow clan, he must have been a formidable warrior, so no guarantee of a favorable outcome if JJ did go after him, and, if he did kill him, that wouldn’t necessarily be the end of it. There’s never any attempt by Johnson to actively go after the Crow once he’d settled the score with the raiding party, so it seems pretty unlikely to me he was holding a grudge.

Since he preferred to live in the mountains rather than a town, being able to live there without the constant worry of an attack, the most logical decision would be to make peace after so long.

Wow! Gentlemen, I am honored that you have chosen to have this conversation on my crappy little blog!

My first thought to Jim’s last comment was to think that for about 100 years, Europeans cut each other to pieces because they disagreed as to whether the bread in the host was changed into Christ (Catholics), co-existed with the body of Christ (Lutherans) or that Christ was truly present, but spiritually, not materially (Reformed). I simplify, I know, but the point being that these matters easily become sufficient to war. And when you couple that with a people watching their lands being taken by foreign invaders, you can see how what might seem like a minor slight would, again, be cause for war. Especially since JJ led the US Cavalry through those lands.

But more importantly, Bill, your last sentence makes me think of my absolute favorite line from the entire movie. The one that rattles through my mind. The one that I wheel out every time I explain to someone that we have to drive two hours to get to a big box store and they ask whether or not we ever think of moving into town: “I’ve been to a town Del.”

Yes, both Johnson and Paints were honorable men, and i don’t think jj was a holding a grudge at first, but after countless attacks by the crow, maybe he should have been. JJ definitely broke the rules by taken the soldiers through, and he knew there would be some kind of pay back, but he and I both underestimated Paint’s vengeance. I just don’t think the punishment fit the crime. After JJ, Swan, and Caleb worked so hard to build the cabin, they made a great little home there in the mountains. JJ and Swan were getting along very well, who knows, maybe Caleb would have started talking. I guess i’m just a bit angry that Paint’s destroyed it all. But, if he hadn’t, the movie wouldn’t have been as good as it was.

Of course you’re right it would have been a lesser movie, but I also understand the sentiment. To me, everything after Swan and Caleb die feels like a long sad epilogue to a fundamentally happy movie about a bitter veteran who finds peace. But then he doesn’t. And finally, he does. But the first peace he finds is happy and the second one is melancholy. It’s hard not to want to see JJ get old in his cabin with his family.

So a lot has been discussed in regards to paints his shirts response to jj and others trespassing through sacred burial grounds. As far as the Crow knew jj was the great warrior who avenged the crazy woman in the wolf tail valley. After all the Flathead asked jj this very question when he shows up with Blackfeet scalps on his saddle horn. The ones Del hue put there. Word of jjs exploits seems to have spread between tribes. Paints his shirt surely wound have had some fore knowledge of jj and his reputation which was what? Yes jj paid tribute/ hunting fee earlier by giving paints his shirt furs. But now with the scalps? Paints his shirt may have become leary of jj and felt justified of his harsh response.

I just remembered why i was searching for JJ quotes in the first place. It’s when Bearclaw says “A woman’s breast is the hardest rock that the almighty ever made, and i can find no sign, on it. Not sure what that means, does it mean that he just doesn’t understand women?

I think That’s it in a nutshell. Bear Claw has a hard time figuring out women. Sign is hard to follow or track. Darn right. Get in line on that one bear claw. As far as Flat Head vs Crow vs Blackfeet. Could be the old adage the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

I think that’s it. Bear Claw has a hard time figuring out or tracking women. Get in line on that one Bear CLaw! Also maybe the
Blackfeet vs Crow vs Flathead is the old enemy of my enemy is my friend thing.

Keep in mind that the movie is loosely based on two books. One, a novel, “Mountain Man” by Vardis Fisher. The other, “Crow Killer, The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson”, by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker . Crow Killer is a more factual based book of which I took for absolute fact for years. Its not. Mountain Man is a novel. Just that, a wonderful tale about a mountain man in the Rockies.
Bear Claw. Of course doesn’t understand women. He also values them less than he values a good Hawken rifle. Since he traded his squaw whom he packed for 10 years for one. ….which leads into another couple of my favorites. “… meanest b**ch that ever balled for beads”. And “Didn’t put enough dirt down. Saw it right off.”
Remember the lessons Bear Claw gives JJ after the Grizzly Skinning lesson. He talks a little about the tribes and their natures. Blackfoot and Crow, mean and fearsome. Flathead and Ute gentle and peaceful.
Watch yer top knot.

Hey guys, first my apologies that some comments were not getting approved. I don’t usually get so any comments on my little blog. Not used to it. But if I turn pre-approval off, all manner of the worst spammers show up.

Anyway, I was going to ask people to put clothes one or two favorite quotes. My favorites are:
– the one Jim just quoted: “Saw it right off.” That one gets used a lot around the house.
– “I’ve been to a town, Del”
-Del’s soliloquy: “the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world” etc

I like these: “You have a son, you need a wife. He says he’ll be very happy, i mean pre contentivic….. what is that word, voltreveal” and “Maybe you and the boy best come with me now, take you down to the judith, put you on a ferry”

So many great ones to choose from. Some of my favorites include “ mother Gue never raised such a foolish child “. “ Lord “. “ What’s he shouting at? “ and “ Yep Crow, fella by the of Paint his shirt red “. Funny how I use jj quotes every chance I get. Thanks and watch yer topknot.

Jj You smelling them Blackfeet? Dg No I’m locatin my horse. Dirtiest animal this side a hell. Bc you two know each other? Jj i seen him once. He says you fish poorly. Bc oh boy are you sure that you can skin griz? Jj just as soon as you can find em. Bc E-heh E-heh E-heh heh heh.

Tom, I feel the same way. It gives me chills to think about that scene and the interaction between them. So many things going on, my feeble grasp of the English language doesn’t allow me to describe it. The hardened old timer has finally approved of the green horn molesting his hunts, even though he’s surprised he’s still alive. The greenhorn is certain he should be accepted, although he’s still a little doubtful. He may not be totally accepted until Paints waves? What think? Some say he’s up there still.